Why do men go to zoos?

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

...spiritual or emotional pain doesn't become a memory so much as a bruise ...

I'm most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time when I was six months old.

In 1958, I came to Chicago where I have remained.

Fear holds us back. Fear or love. That's all there is. We make all our decisions based on these two things.

I do think that there's very little coverage of a lot of the people on Hillary Clinton's side that aren't - well, let's just start with Hillary Clinton, herself who lies for a living.

Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by

To forgive and accept injustice is cowardice.

Having women work with men is like having a grizzly bear work with salmon . . . dipped in honey.

The more you think and talk, the more you lose the Way.

God's timing is always perfect. Trust His delays. He's got you.